U.S. Forest Service · National Recreation Area · Oregon

Mount Hood National Recreation Area

Here, all of the campgrounds take walk-ups.

3Campgrounds
3Take walk-ups
$16A night at the one priced
2,990–5,250 ftElevation

Where they are

3 of 3 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 15, 2026

The campgrounds

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 15, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Mt. Hood National Forest (Dog River)transfer, development · 16 mi
Roadless
Twin Lakes6,055 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Badger Creek847 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Wind Creek5,438 acres · 10 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 4, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Grasshopper fire · 3.6 mi from the nearest campground here · 93,972 acres · 98% contained
Wildfire
Austin fire · 21 mi from the nearest campground here · 12,888 acres · 98% contained
Wildfire
The Narrows fire · 24 mi from the nearest campground here · 305 acres · 98% contained
Wildfire
Clark Road fire · 40 mi from the nearest campground here · 27 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 20, 2026

Who answers for this land

Mount Hood National Recreation Area’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Cliff Bentz, official portrait
Cliff Bentz (R)OR 2nd · 2 campgrounds · grade F
Maxine Dexter, official portrait
Maxine Dexter (D)OR 3rd · 1 campground · grade A
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly